It’s been over a week, and we have just about recovered from Retail Recharged 2017 – what an event it was! We have had some great feedback from the event (some are saying it was our best and we have to agree!) so we thought it was time to sit down and write down our thoughts from the day. The …

We usually associate “Global Expansion” with strategic decisions, complicated planning, and significant investment. It can be a daunting task and a dangerous minefield. It is only natural to react to such an intricate scale-up with the perfect plan that makes everyone feel in control and reassures the board of directors. Maybe someone in the management team may feel uneasy with …

There was a (relatively) brief moment when the retail industry really thought in-store would dwindle and eventually be seen as archaic. Like the wired house-phone or the CD player. The demise of some companies in favour of their online alternatives (i.e. Blockbuster vs Netflix) didn’t really help quell any fears of an ‘online-takeover’, particularly as retailers increasingly had to come …